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Open-sourced Technology Levels the Playing Field Between Tech Giants and Startups

CTOvision

The contest between proprietary technology and open source has been ongoing for a decade.Today, some of the most premium technology is open-sourced and free. Even Google's highly prized Borg software is becoming open-sourced. Government push for open source software.

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5 open source security tools too good to ignore

Network World

Open source is a wonderful thing. A significant chunk of today’s enterprise IT and personal technology depends on open source software. But even while open source software is widely used in networking, operating systems, and virtualization, enterprise security platforms still tend to be proprietary and vendor-locked.

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Technology, Processes, and Culture: Red Hat’s Open-source Pathway to Successful Digital Transformation

CIO Business Intelligence

To help such organisations navigate these waters, Red Hat Open Innovation Labs is designed to co-create with them. Labs provides a platform to experiment, iterate, and accelerate transformational initiatives by leveraging open-source technologies, fostering open leadership, and embracing a culture of innovation.

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KubeCon and the (partial) emergence of enterprise Kubernetes

Forrester IT

Whether live or virtual, they’ve become a sprawling mix of old school tech trade show, open-source project maintainer meetup and independent user group. KubeCon events can be hard to assess. KubeCon + NativeCon Europe 2021 was no different.

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5 open source alternatives for routing/firewall

Network World

Economical and flexible Open source software offers an economical and flexible option for deploying basic home, SMB or even enterprise networking. These products can be downloaded and deployed on your own hardware, on a virtual platform, or in the cloud. Many of them sell pre-configured appliances as well.

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Review: 5 open source alternatives for routers/firewalls

Network World

Open source software offers an economical and flexible option for deploying basic home, SMB or even enterprise networking. These open source products deliver simple routing and networking features, like DHCP and DNS. We reviewed five products: ClearOS, DD-WRT, pfSense, Untangle and ZeroShell.

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Virtual Container Security Suite TwistLock Launches with $2.5M Seed Funding

Data Center Knowledge

Startup's security suite allows developers to implement “quality gates” using a customizable open source security framework prior to applications going into production Read More.

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